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World War I 1914 - 1918 Mizell, Tubbs, Hatling. Essential Question How did new technology make WWI different from past wars?

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1 World War I 1914 - 1918 Mizell, Tubbs, Hatling

2 Essential Question How did new technology make WWI different from past wars?

3 Tactics and Warfare Prior to WWI (1914) Marched in lines – mass fire Used rifle-muskets (about 2-3 shots per minute)

4 Tactics and Warfare before the 1900s Video Clip – Gods and Generals – Battle of Manassas (1861), American Civil War – http://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=QxX4Bo6yG38 http://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=QxX4Bo6yG38

5 Guns Machine Gun – Perfect defensive weapon – Very rapid fire (hundreds of bullets per minute) Bolt action rifles – What the ordinary soldier had – 4 – 10 bullets per clip

6 The Machine Gun

7 Bolt Action Rifle

8 Bolt Action Rifles

9 Artillery Long range weapons that could deliver devastating blows on the enemy Shells could be as heavy as 900 lbs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O85XWjLVxRA

10 Artillery Before WWI

11 Artillery During WWI

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14 Airplanes Primarily used for reconnaissance (spying) Could have machine guns or bombs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go0LprJwxaw

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17 Poison Gas Tear Gas, Chlorine Gas – Attacks the nerves, eyes, throat – Wear gas mask for protection Mustard Gas – Makes skin blister, eyes sore, vomit – This gas was heavier than air and sunk into the trenches – Gas mask did not help http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV5Wq0vMZnw

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21 Mustard Gas victim

22 Submarines “A ship underwater” Germany will use these to great affect: U-boats Launch torpedoes at enemy ships http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fCIsQT_jCg

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26 Zeppelins Could carry 4,000 – 5,000 lbs of bombs Abandoned because they were easy targets http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfUaw0BfaZA

27 Zeppelins

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29 Tanks Most innovative development of the war Created in order to break the stalemate and go through the trenches Did not reach full potential http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCsldbh9hAY

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32 Tactics and Warfare Change in WWI Video Clip – All Quiet on the Western Front – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXtsiqrhqsU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXtsiqrhqsU – Pay attention to the weapons used and how/where soldiers fight

33 What differences did you see? – Where/How they fought? – What did they use to fight?

34 Tactics and Warfare Change in WWI Fighting in Trenches – Protection from new technology No longer marching in lines Using machine guns

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37 The Result of this New Technology


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